Clothes-drying apparatus



R. N. PEROVICH.

CLOTHES DRYING APPARATUS.

Patented Aug. 2,

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1 9. 1920.

R. N. PEROVICH.

CLOTHES DRYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19. 1920.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

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R. N. PEROVICH.

CLOTHES DRYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19, I920. 1,386,199.

PatentedAug. 2,1921. v v

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I BADE N. FEROVICE, JI WASHOE, ION'IANL' crowns-name nrana'rus.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

Application filed. October 19, 1920. 8cm! No. 418,018.

To all wlwm it may concern.

Be it known that I, Rana N. Pnnovron, a citizen of the United States, residin at Washoe, in the county of Carbon and tate of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Drying Apparatus, of which the following is a spoolfication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a clothes drying apparatus, and has for its object the construction of a comparatively simple and efficient apparatus whereby clothes or garments, or the like, can be placed upon a line that extends under a shelter or into a dwelling, and then the clothes can be drawn out on the line for leaving the shelter or the room.

With this and other objects in view, my invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of an apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the apparatus as it appears when the clothes have just been placed upon the line, or have been drawn lIlilO'iJhB room or under a shelter, while Fig. 2 is a similar view of the apparatus with the clothes extended or run-out on the iine for drying. v

Fig. 3 is an edge view of one of the clothes pins, while Fig. 4. is a fragmentary wear of the track means or track lme with two pins shown in elevation thereon.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, fragmentary view of the apparatus showing particularly the connecting link in elevation.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 66, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view in elevation of another embodiment of the apparatus.

Fig. 8 isa fragmentary plan view of the embodiment shown in Fig.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary perspective view of my apparatus, showing particularly another embodiment of the clothes pin device, while 66 Fig. 10 is a fragmentary perspective view drying, without the operator of my apparatus showing still another embodlment of the clothes pin device.

Fig. 11 is a sectional view of one of the clothes pins shown in Fig. 10.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates a shelter or building, through the opening 2 of which the apparatus extends; a post or standard 3 is suitably placed for supporting one end of the apparatus. Within the building or shelter lie a suitable support designated by 4,'to which the inner end of the apparatus is fastened.

The apparatus includes a substantially U-shaped bracket 5, placed in a horizontal position and secured to the support 4. Journaled upon the bracket 5 is a drum 6, which drum 6 is provided with ratchet teeth 7 and a dog or pawl 8 engages said teeth 7 to prevent the drum 6 from turning backward in one direction exce t when the operator provided with my connecting link, comprises a resilient or yieldable piece of material having at its upper end a coiled gripping portion 14 that grips or clamps around the driving line 12, and by reason of the coiled end 14, when the clothes pins 15, hereinafter described, are within the dwelling or building 1 (Fig. 1), the position of the connecting link will cause the coil orclampin end 14 to more firmly grip the driving %ine 12. The link 13 is provided at its lower end with a primary loop 16surrounding the track line 17, and integral with the primary loop 16 is an auxiliary loop 18. It is to be noted that the entire connecting link is formed from a single piece and includes the central body portion having at one end a clamping structure 14 and at its opposite end a pair of integral loops.

There are a plurality of clothes pins used in constructing my apparatus, and each'pin 75 lifts the pawl 8 out o engagement with the hinged jaw 20, andconnecting these jaws is a pm 21 u on which is journaled a pulley 22. The p ley 22 is mounted upon the track line or track means 17 whereby the clothes can be ripped between the jaws, and throu h t e action of spring 23 will be held secure y upon the pin or pins. Chain 24 is fastened to the lower ends of the primary jaws 19 by eye bolts 25, and "at its outer end the chain 24 is secured to the auxiliary eye 18 of the connecting link 13, and the mner end of chain 24 is passed through registering apertures 27 on the depending parallel .ends 28 (Fig. 6) of the clamp 29, holding the parallel ends 28 together, causing the body oftheclamp 29 to tlghtly grip the track line 17 near its inner end, thereby anchorm .the chain 24 at its inner end upon the trac line within the dwelling or building 1 1 and 2).

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: The operator grasps the handle 9 and rotatesthe 'drum 6, causing the driving line to draw the connecting link inwardly, if the connecting link 13 is in the position shown in Fig. 2. When all of the clothes pins have been gathered u by the connecting link and drawn along t e track line into the building or under the shelter 1, then the clothes can be detached (or attached) from the pins at the will of the operator. After the clothes- (or load) have been attached to the pins, then the operator rotates the drum,

through the medium of the handle ,9, cans-- ing the driving line to travel outwardly on its under run, thereby drawing outwardly the connecting'link, and, hence, drawing outwardly upon the outer end of chain 24, and by means of the chain being connected to all of the pins 15, the entire chain of pins will be drawn outwardly, causing the clothes suspended on the pins to be spread out like shown in Fig. 2, so that the same may be dried by the action of the'rays of the sun and wind thereon. The operator does not need to be exposed to the weatherto any extent, because the loading and unloading of the apparatus can bedone within a dwelling or undera shelter, hencebeing of great convenience in stormy 'or severe, cold weather. 1

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the same rinciple of the invention is carried out with the exception as follows: The eye bolts 25 in this embodiment are placed in a horizontal position and fastened to the clothes pins 15 near their middle, and the chain 24 is connected to these eye bolts 25 as in the embodiment shown in Fi 1 to 6.

' A band-like clamp 30, provided with eyelet line 17; the sleeve 32 is provided with op-- positely extending eyelets or apertured 68.13

.the clamp 30 grips the driving line'12, when said line is drawn in either direction, the clothes pins will be drawn along the track line 17 by reason of the connection of sleeve 32 to chains 24 and 34; the' operation is similar to that of the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, and as this modification is only a slight deviation in minor details'from the embodiment disclosed in F igs.'1 to '6, the operation of the entire apparatus will be clearly understood by referring to the foregoing description. I

Referring to the embodimentshown in" Fig. 9, upon the track line 17 ismounted a plurality of clothes pin devices 35. Each clothes pin device comprises the pin 36, made of twoparts 37, these parts being provided with bifurcated portions 38, through which bifurcated portions extends a split ring 39; the-ends 40 of ring 39 bear against the sides of the parts 37 near their lower ends, acting,

as a spring to retain the lower end of the clamping jaws or parts 37 together, for holding the clothes. Parallel connecting strands or wires 41 are fastened at 42 to the split rings 39, retaining the clothes pin devices in spaced relationv upon the track line 17. Suitable connecting means, as-link 13 (Fig. 5) or chain 34 (Fig. 7) can be attached in any suitable manner to the connecting strands 41 so that the strands can be drawn along the track line 17, to cause the clothes pin devices to move in either direction upon the track line 17 i In Figs. 10 and 11, I have shown another embodimentof my clothes pin devices, in which the track line 17 supports clothes pins 43, and through the spring-pressed clamping jaws of pins 43, beneath the track line 17, is a connecting strand 44; this strand is provided with knots 45 at bothjsides (Fig. 11) of the pins, which will cause the pin 43 to be drawn along the track line 17 as the connecting strand 44 is pulled in either didevice 13 or 34. .The connecting strand 44' may be formed of any suitable material such as a spring or rope or piece of wire, as I make no claim of novelty for the pecific kind of .material of which the connecting strand 44 may be formed.

I wish it to be understood that I reserve the ri ht to make such minoralterations and modih cations as shall appear to one skilled in the art to which this invention relates, which changes or alterations fall fairly within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: i 1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of supports, a drum and a pulley carried by said supports, an endless driving line supported upon said pulley and drum, a track line under said driving line and secured to said supports, a plurality of clothes pins provided with pulleys mounted upon said track line, a yicldable connecting link having at its upper end a coiled clamping portion surrounding the driving line and provided at its lower end with a pair of integral loops, one of the loops surrounding the track line, connecting means engaging the other loop of the connecting link and fastened to said clothes pins, and means anchoring one end of the connecting means and the clothes pins to the track line near the drum.

2. In an-apparatus of the class described, the combination of an endless driving line, a track line contiguous to said driving line,

load-supporting means adapted to travel upon said track line, a connecting link coiled at one end around the driving line and having its other end surrounding said track line, and connecting means for said link and loadsupporting means whereby, when the driving line is driven, the connecting link will cause the load-supporting means to travel upon the track line.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a driving line, of a track line contiguous to said driving line, clothes-supporting means traveling upon said track line, a connecting link formed from resilient material and provided at one end with a coil coiled around the driving line, said connecting link provided with a loop surrounding said track line, and with a second loop below the first loop and connecting means engaging the second loop and also the clothes-supporting means, whereby when the driving line is actuated, the connecting link will cause the clothes-supporting means to travel upon the track line. I

4. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a driving line, of a track line beneath said driving line, clothes pins traveling upon said track line, means connecting the clothes pins together in line, means connecting the line of clothes pins at one end to said driving line, a clamp surrounding the track line and provided with parallel apertured extensions, a link of a chain passed through said. apertured extensions and holding the clamp anchored upon the track line, and the chain also being connected to the clothes pins.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

RADE N. PEROVICH. 

